Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance in First-Year and Third-Year Promoted Medical Students: Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance in Medical Students

Mohi Ud Din; Shahzaib Ikram; Somayya Aziz; Muhammad Usman Khalid; Faseeh Salman Rizwan; Muhammad Abdullah; Muhammad Umair Hafeez

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v5i10.1918

Authors

Mohi Ud Din Department of Community Medicine, Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Shahzaib Ikram Aziz Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Somayya Aziz Department of Community Medicine, Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Usman Khalid Aziz Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Faseeh Salman Rizwan Aziz Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Abdullah Aziz Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Umair Hafeez Aziz Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v5i10.1918

Keywords:

Academic Performance, Medical Students, Emotional Intelligence Scale, Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social-Awareness, Relationship-Management

Abstract

Emotional intelligence association with academic performance is assessed as it may be linked to higher academic achievement and improved empathy. Objectives: To fill the gap in existing research by examining the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among first-year and third-year medical students. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study in a private medical college of Faisalabad was done from September 2022 to August 2023. The academic performance of medical students was measured using their recent professional examination results. The first- and third-year promoted students were invited to participate. Students filled online Google-generated questionnaire form. Data were examined using SPSS version 22.0. Pearson correlation was employed to measure the association between emotional intelligence and academics and an independent sample T-test was used to compare means between MBBS classes. Results: 176 medical students (84 first-year promoted and 92 third-year promoted) participated in this study. A weak positive correlation between last exam marks and emotional intelligence was observed with significant p-values between exam marks and self-awareness (0.25, p=0.001); self-management (0.02, p=0.005); social awareness (0.19, p=0.006) and relationship management (0.19, p=0.006). The mean of all four elements (Self-assessment, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management) of emotional intelligence was higher (17.47, 17.11, 17.36 and 17.46) in third-year promoted students than first-year promoted students (15.76, 15.61, 15.79 & 15.64) respectively. Conclusions: It was concluded that third-year promoted medical students found more emotionally intelligent performed better in their recent professional examination than first-year promoted medical students found weaker in emotional intelligence.

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